Old Bay® Homemade Barbecue Sauce

This delicious barbecue sauce is the perfect blend of sweet & spicy, and it’s delicious on chicken, pork, and beef. The best part – it’s so easy to make!

As you may have guessed this Homemade Barbecue Sauce recipe is an Old Bay® classic. The old recipe used to be on the original Old Bay® can. Over the years, all the original recipes on the can have been swapped out with different ones.

Growing up, this was always one of my favorite barbecue sauces of the different one’s mom made. After we were married, it quickly became one of Pete’s favorites too. You can count on this being an oldy-but-goody for sure!

Did I change anything about this recipe?

Nope! Not one thing! Well, unless you count adding a little more Old Bay®. My gang loves that stuff, so the attitude around here is the more, the better.

The recipe doesn’t specify light or dark brown sugar, but I use dark when I have it. This homemade barbecue sauce is delicious right out of the gate, so I never saw reason to add or take away any ingredients.

A little about this homemade barbecue sauce

This sauce is a robust sauce with a sweet and spicy flavor. There is no real heat in this recipe, but the spices in the Old Bay® do kick it up a notch.

What’s in the sauce?

Ketchup – often the base of most barbecue sauce recipes

Brown sugar – adds the sweetness to offset the bold spices

Worcestershire sauce – adds an overall depth to the flavor

Dijon mustard – offsets the sweetness and adds a bit of tang

Old Bay® seasoning – lends the robust and unique flavor

That’s it – Old Bay® Homemade Barbecue Sauce consists of only five ingredients, and you can prepare it in less than five minutes. How awesome is that?

What foods pair well with this homemade barbecue sauce?

The question is, what isn’t good with this sauce. It just makes everything taste delicious! Here are a few of my favorites:

Those are a few ways that come to mind, but I bet you can think of other ways to use it.

Why not just buy barbecue sauce from the store?

Well, because there’s nothing better than being able to make your own favorite food items homemade! The biggest advantage in making your own is knowing what ingredients are in it.

You can avoid ingredients that are not good for you. One of the biggest health offenders in my very favorite store-bought sauce is high fructose corn syrup.

Why am I giving you the recipe for this Old Bay® Homemade Barbecue Sauce that has been around for ages?

Well, it seems that so many people I serve this to has never had it or even heard of the recipe. In fact, a few of my friends have never even bought a can of Old Bay® … gasp!

I couldn’t help but be a little shocked at that admission. I couldn’t imagine! It’s just as common as salt and pepper for those of us on or from the East Coast.

Since quite a few of my local friends have never heard of this sauce, it dawned on me that maybe you haven’t either, so I thought I would share it here. This Old Bay® Barbecue Sauce is one I think you will love adding to your favorites!

Should I refrigerate my homemade barbecue sauce?

Yes! This sauce should be stored in a sealed container and be refrigerated. Kept this way it should last for 7 to 10 days. Since this particular sauce doesn’t have any fresh ingredients (like onion, garlic, peppers, etc. it may last even longer.

Can I freeze my homemade barbecue sauce?

Yes, you can freeze your sauce for up to 3 months. When you’re ready to freeze your sauce you will want it to be completely cooled. You can put it in freezer bags, plastic containers, or glass jars. I like to keep mine in Mason jars.

This looks soooooo good!! I have never heard of this recipe and certainly never thought of using Old Bay in BBQ sauce!! Brilliant! I have shredded pork tenderloin in the freezer and you can count on it being covered in this sauce this weekend!! Thanks Kim!

I love trying new home made bbq sauces! I find it satisfying to make my own, and I had not heard of this one. I shall be trying out soon, thanks for sharing it, found you on silver Pennies sunday linkk up!…pinned for later!

Looks delicious, will be perfect for the holiday weekend. So simple I will have to give this a try, we go through so much barbecue sauce this will help to keep the budget down.Susan recently posted…The Best Recipes for Eating Corn on the Cob

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